Roofing in Hopkins, Michigan

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2015 Michigan Residential Code. This is state law and it is the same in every Michigan city, village, township and county: the state construction code act says "This act and the code apply throughout the state," and the Michigan Residential Code rule adopts "the international residential code, 2015 edition" with the state amendments in R 408.30500 to R 408.30547g. A 2021 edition was filed with the secretary of state in 2025 but has not taken effect. On July 7, 2025 the Michigan Court of Claims entered a stipulated order in Home Builders Assoc et al. v LARA et al., and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) says that while that order remains in place "the 2015 versions of the IRC and residential provisions of the IECC standards currently adopted, in part, by each rule set will remain valid and in effect." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the Village of Hopkins as its own building code enforcer. The Village of Hopkins' codified Ordinance Book, Part 115, Building Code (Ord. No. 59), adopts "The BOCA Basic National Building Code, 1987 Edition"; this directory has not read that text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here. Ordinance No. 2023-002, effective July 20, 2023, designates "the Village of Hopkins Building Official" as the enforcing agency under Act 230 of 1972 and names no edition. The Village of Hopkins has published no statement naming the edition it enforces. This record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which the state construction code act applies throughout the state ("This act and the code apply throughout the state," MCL 125.1508a) and which LARA says remains in effect while the Court of Claims order of July 7, 2025 stands.

Hopkins posts no building permit page, form or fee schedule on the pages read. Its Contact page gives the Village office at 128 Franklin Street, Hopkins, MI 49328, phone (269) 793-7433, and says "The President and/or the Clerk are available to meet by appointment only." Part 115 of the Ordinance Book was enacted under the state act (Ord. No. 59) and provides for "a schedule of fees, for plan examination, building permits and inspections"; it says references in the code to the Building Official "shall mean the Village Council or its representative". Ordinance No. 2023-002 (adopted July 10, 2023) designates the Village Building Official as the enforcing agency. Part 116 requires a Village Council permit for a private swimming pool. No roofing fee line was found.